I hate grammer nazis.

* grammer --> grammar
* dont --> don't
* others --> others'
* grammer --> grammar (again)
* cant --> can't
* good --> well
* . --> ?
* be --> become
* english --> English
* Im --> I'm
* ...is I... --> ...is that I...
* doesnt --> doesn't
* spelt --> spelled

UNACCEPTABLE!

Grammar Nazis in 5...4...3...2...1...

To play devil's advocate, you are judged for the way you spell. It may determine your career prospects and the level of respect you get from people. In the computer age, it's even more necessary to have a decent level of written communication. It doesn't matter so much on a website (as long as people know what you mean). But how often do misunderstandings arise here because people didn't understand each other? When this is translated to an occupation where people's lives may be at stake, mistakes become less forgiveable.

If people are insulting your spelling/grammar to attack you, that's a bit pathetic. If they are telling you about a mistake to try and help you, though, it should be commended.

I dont liek thum eever they maek me feeyul so stupet.

It annoys me too. If someone is repeatedly making the same mistake, then I think letting them know is a good thing to do. However, a lot of the time, it's used in such a petty way. Even in arguments, where one person has nothing decent to say so they get personal, by criticising the other person's spelling and grammar, etc.

I understood your post perfectly, which is more than I could say about a lot of the posts around.:P

Minor grammatical mistakes like "your" and "you're" are no big deal imo since it's obvious what the poster meant-I don't nitpick such things.

However when someone types like a retard with terrible grammar, spelling, no paragraphs, I will assume they are a retard and lose interest in anything they have to say.

It's one thing to send a phone text msg and use a kind of shorthand like 'thx' and 'l8r' but it's another when people use it on forums, where they have a full keyboard to type.

What's that you say, strighüünt! Attempting to izzle?!

HEIL, GRAMMAR!

I am glad that they exist. If they did not exist, I would be typing like a moron, as I have done in the past.
Although my grammar is not perfect, it has increased greatly.

If anything, I should thank them. Even though a lot do it to be insulting or for their own reasons, the result of them doing it to me when I was younger helped me.

They do it because it bothers them, the same way it bothers you when they say something about your bad spelling. So, why is your opinion more important than theirs? If you can keep using terrible grammar and misspelling things, they have every right to call you out on it... And how is becoming an English teacher going to help? Obviously students don't care anyways, so how is teaching to deaf ears solving the problem? For me, it comes down to respect. I love the English language, and for me respect and love go hand in hand. The same way you probably don't like to hear people bash your favorite TV show, it bothers me when I see people misuse a language that I love. Sure, I can understand something that is a minefield of grammatical mistakes, but it is actually difficult for me to process, because my brain gets hung up on the mistakes. It is highly annoying to me, and hurts my brain. If you are publicly posting something that is annoying to read, everyone who has to go through the pain of reading it deserves a say.
Also, ignoring this language problem that is becoming more and more frequent just encourages it.
Why should we sit back and watch intelligence dive below the charts?
By staying silent, we are silently agreeing that it is okay, and I don't believe it is.

"Who really gives a fuck if someone cant spell or write good." Oh I don't know, maybe your potential employers, your schools, mostly everyone around you?? Minor mistakes are okay but you didn't really make any minor mistakes. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but poor spelling/grammar doesn't make you look very smart or educated.

I hate when people aren't Grammar Nazis.

Sieg Heil.

Who gives a fuck about grammar? Every person that you are being interviewed by.

It used to infuriate me when my kids were in school. They would bring their school work home with A's and B's and have horrible spelling. Their explanation was, the teachers don't care. As long as they know what you are trying to say, it was ok. The teachers spent WAY TO MUCH time focusing on the kids who didn't speak English.
I still care, but if teachers don't give a rats ass, what do you expect from the kids.

I think its mean to constantly pick on people for minor errors.

However, I do think its silly when someone goes out of their way to type in text or leet speak. At least make an effort to sound it out. I have relatives who use "gud" for good, "h8" or "gr8", "lyk", etc., which is obnoxious enough in emails, but is even worse considering that their children think they're real words. Texting or tweeting is understandable because you've limited space, but in email there is really no excuse. Run-ons is a beast all itself. I mean, its really hard to read, and we all know how to use a period. There's really no excuse. Commas, quotes, apostrophes, those we can get by without. Periods, though, are a necessity.

Personally, I don't judge or correct people I don't know well, because I don't know if they're dyslexic or dropped out of school or whatever reason they type like that. The nuisance is with people I know are fully educated and speak well but are just too lazy to type properly.

I am a grammar Nazi. My thoughts are that if you are old enough to peruse the internet, you are old enough to spell things right. Also, if you get out of the habit of spelling things right recreationally, then you will have a harder time spelling things right when doing something professional.
As an assistant manager, my co-workers and I get a lot of applications for employment. If people spell things wrong, we discard the applications because the people are likely to be lazy, easy on themselves, stupid, or drunk/stoned or else why did they not bother to spell things right?
Also, I have received e-mails so misspelled and with such bad grammar that some times I don't actually know what the person is saying.
Once you get in the habit, spelling things right is just as easy as spelling things wrong. Take the time to learn your spelling and grammar and people will respect and understand you more.

What you wrote is full of not only misspelled words, but other grammatical errors as well. Instead of wasting your time asking silly questions on this site, you should be attempting to learn proper grammar so that you can communicate your opinions without sounding like an uneducated fool. More than likely the only "learning disability" you have is that you just don't give a damn!

Your point seems to be that poor communication is acceptable.

Wrong site buddy.

I tend to be a grammar nazi, honestly. However, i do not correct every mistake that someone makes. I myself am not perfect with grammar. I make mistakes too, so i'm not going to consistently correct people.
I really hate when i'll text someone "thank you" and they reply, "your welcome". It's "you're"!!! Another example is when i tell someone that i'm going to the store and they'll ask, "Can i go to?" It's "TOO"!! It just makes you sound unintelligent when you can't speak or write proper english.

HAIL GRAMMAR!

Ok we are setting an invasion on the country of, semi-colon. Than to the state of New Interogitive. Wait...I just got word from Grammar...We need to attack the clauses as well.

Dictionary↓
Clause→A sentance.
Interogitive→!
Grammar→A thing everybody needs, to be accepted in this world.

I get annoyed too lol Good grammar is a necessity though. If I didn't have decent grammar I wouldn't be able to help the people around me who don't have good grammer. Ie. For Resumes and such.

U spelled "haight" wrong,.:/ yoo stuopid natzi

yes of course. you sure didn't forget to make that i a capital i did you. when i do see a comment with lower case letters im like finally a fucking normal comment for once.

"All that really matters is that I got my point across" is like wrapping yourself in rags and old newspapers and saying, "all that really matters is that my ass is covered." No, that isn't all that matters. How you say things can be as important as what you say.

If you want someone reading your words to consider them worth reading, you need to treat them as if they were worth writing.

You should stop and think for a second if it doesn't embarrass you that the guy in India who helps you configure your WiFi router over the phone dominates your language better than you do even though he's never spoken it outside work.

I believe you should strive to be competent at spelling, and some people are lazy and irresponsible for not attempt to spell properly. The written word is very important in our communication, and being able to write well will help you think about and perceive communication better.

That said, I absolutely HATE Grammar Nazis too.
If it's not your job to teach someone, if you can make out what someone is saying regardless of a few misspelled words, or if you're in an argument and your only comeback is to point out spelling errors, then you need to stop.
You don't look smart doing it, you look like someone who's only strong point is having access to a dictionary.

There are the few times where is an irony of someone misspelling a word in a way that conflicts with the intelligence/knowledge they profess to have, or the time where you can make a good joke by poking fun at someone's grammar. But too many people think it's a weapon to wield like one does a comeback or an insult, and that is just stupidly pretentious.

I'm not super fussy about spelling. But I do get annoyed when people type things like "ur" instead of "you're/your", or "2" instead of "to", "u" instead of "you".

You must mean Grammer "Nazis"... Capital N.

I think the main issue here is whether or not to introduce the death penalty for bad grammar. By 'bad grammar' I mean persons DELIBERATELY fucking up the English language merely out of perversity. We ought to put a stop to gud-boyz-4-nuffin spreading their crappy ways and infecting simple minds. This horror is a legacy of rap.